p.s.  Nice product.

On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 12:55:44 UTC, Stuart Budd wrote:
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> Hi
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> I have a general question please with regards to what account I should use 
> as the * standard * user for initiating Ansible deployments / rollouts.
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> I know that the use of the term * standard * could be a little tricky, but 
> in general, when starting a new environment at a new site what account 
> should I use as the "Ansible deployment account".
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> I have experienced one environment just using the root user, and then 
> connecting at the root user on the remote servers.
> I have also experienced people just using their own accounts and adding 
> them to a group called ansible that owns all of the deployment files.
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> I was thinking of just using the account ansible on the local Ansible 
> server, which then connects to remote ansible users on the remote servers.
> Then doing a sudo to root if required - which it will in most cases I 
> guess.
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> Using the root user seems wrong and using individual accounts does not 
> seem very tidy.
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> Do others use a special ansible account for deployments?
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> Just looking for thoughts to confirm if I am doing the right thing.
> It's lonely being the person setting things up and making the standards.
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